Kazakhstan vs Lesotho: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Kazakhstan
0.5447 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Lesotho
0.5358 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Kazakhstan rank
10th
Lesotho rank
11th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- Kazakhstan
- Lesotho
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 0.5447 kilograms per international-$ against 0.5358 kilograms per international-$ in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0089 kilograms per international-$.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kazakhstan ahead.
Kazakhstan ranks 10th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 164 countries.
Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kazakhstan | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.28 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4808 kilograms per international-$ | 0.8 kilograms per international-$ | Kazakhstan |
| 2000s | 0.834 kilograms per international-$ | 0.508 kilograms per international-$ | 0.326 kilograms per international-$ | Kazakhstan |
| 2010s | 0.6879 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4644 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2235 kilograms per international-$ | Kazakhstan |
| 2020s | 0.5493 kilograms per international-$ | 0.5409 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0083 kilograms per international-$ | Kazakhstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp, Kazakhstan or Lesotho?
- Kazakhstan, at 0.5447 kilograms per international-$ against 0.5358 kilograms per international-$ in Lesotho as of 2022.
- What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between Kazakhstan and Lesotho?
- 0.0089 kilograms per international-$, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Lesotho?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Kazakhstan and Lesotho rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Kazakhstan ranks 10th and Lesotho ranks 11th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).